Donna Summer: Bad Girls (1979) ep. 283

About this episode

The episode discusses Donna Summer's impact on disco and electronic music while featuring humorous banter among the hosts.

Russ is on his two-game suspension for not laughing enough at my jokes, so it is just the menage a tois of the other three, and, much like a gas, we expand to fill the space. We finally talk about sidecars, we do some more random clips, and Matt gives Rob some texting etiquette. Then Rob sees Madonna and has a New York night. The we talk early electronic music and the queen of disco, Donna Summer, from her start in Germany to her ruling over a burning kingdom. Next week we are talking something or other. Leave a voicemail 802 277 BECK.

People in this episode

Host: Beck Did It Better

Topics covered

• disco
• electronic music
• texting etiquette
• New York nightlife
• Donna Summer

Keywords

• Donna Summer
• Bad Girls
• disco
• electronic music
• New York
• texting etiquette

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bad Girls

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